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Originally Posted by DMSmillie
They make no mention of having to refer back to printed edition page numbers when citing from an ebook - rather, they suggest "chapter/section/paragraph number" style citations.
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This will lead to vast numbers of citation errors. A boatload of otherwise good non-fiction authors do not have the clerical ability to accurately count sections within paragraphs and paragraphs within sections.
It is going to take some time and thinking to get this right. But I would suggest that there might be a different system for older and new works. As a wild suggestion, maybe some international commission should decree that everything published before 2020 or so will be cited by page numbers, and everything after by something akin to the kindle location number. Going forward, all paper books that want Berne Convention protection would have to include location numbers, and all eBook devices that hope to be purchased by students and scholars would have to reference paper page numbers for pre-2020 origin material.
I realize this doesn't address books that go through multiple editions, but the vast majority of works are only published once.